“I’ve got a really good feeling about this…” Shot-by-shot with the new “Solo: A Star Wars Story” trailer

The second stand-alone Star Wars spinoff movie “Solo: A Star Wars Story” is coming up quick. We’ll be able to see the film in theaters about a month and a half from now, but in the meantime Lucasfilm has released the first full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated Han Solo origin story from director Ron Howard— after two teaser trailers premiered with the Super Bowl back in February.

Continuing the tradition of over-analysis that accompanies any Star Wars marketing release, I’ve taken the time to go through and screen-capture every single shot (totaling a whopping one hundred and twenty-three) from this new trailer, with an eye out for locations, characters, and plot details it might be easy to miss on a first time through. Join me as we go shot-by-shot and continue to count down the wait for “Solo: A Star Wars Story”!

SHOT #1 – A sweeping bird’s-eye-view of what I now understand to be Corellia at night.

SHOT #2 – The underside of an Imperial Star Destroyer under construction in the Corellian shipyards. We hear the familair roar of a TIE Fighter, and a rat-like creature scurries across a wire.

SHOT #3 – The silhouette of Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) approaches a seedy-looking location under the cover of darkness. Three men warm themselves by a fire nearby.

SHOT #4 – We see Han’s fan through slats in a doorway. This shot is repeated from one of the earlier teaser trailers.

Qi’Ra: “You’re after something.”

SHOT #5 – This is the Cloud Rider gang.

SHOT #6 – Han’s waist and holstered blaster step into frame, with the gang in the background

SHOT #7 – Closeup of the villainous Enfys Nest.

SHOT #8 – Han stares down the gang. It looks as though Chewbacca is standing next to him.

SHOT #27 – Han talks about his qualifications with what looks like an Imperial officer.

Han: “I’m a driver.”

SHOT #28 – Han’s forearm throws a gear shift in his speeder.

SHOT #29 – Han’s boot jams on a pedal in his speeder.

SHOT #30 – The speeder’s propulsion system ignites.

SHOT #31 – Han’s speeder spins around in a 360-degree maneuver.

SHOT #32 – Part of a shot from the speeder chase scene we saw in a previous trailer.

Han: “And I’m a flyer.”

SHOT #33 – A ship airlifts a cargo container in a snowy mountainous area as several drones follow on its tail.

SHOT #34 – Han wrestles with the controls of the ship from the same sequence.

SHOT #35 – The same ship escapes an explosion among the mountains.

Han: “I’ve waited a long time for a shot like this.”

SHOT #36 – Han talks with his crew in what looks to be a makeshift campsite.

SHOT #37 – Val (Thandie Newton) readies her weapon at the campsite.

SHOT #38 – Beckett kisses a familiar-looking blaster before tossing it to Han.

SHOT #39 – Han smiles as he catches the blaster.

SHOT #40 – Han and Chewbacca discuss the situation in what looks like the gambling den from earlier.

Han: “What do you think?”

Chewie growls.

Han: “Well, what do you know?”

SHOT #41 – Han, Qi’Ra, and Chewbacca approach a large hideout built into the side of the snowy mountains. A huge-tusked skull decorates the entranceway. This might be the exterior of the gambling den if we didn’t see it in that alleyway earlier.

Beckett: “You got a line on a ship?”

SHOT #42 – The group walks past the bar in the gambling den.

SHOT #43 – Three-shot on Qi’Ra, Chewbacca, and Han as they look around the gambling den.

After growing up on Long Island, Mike has spent his adult life in Southern California. He’s been fascinated by theme parks since a very early age, and has contributed to Inside the Magic since April of 2015. His other interests include Star Wars, LEGO, and The Muppets.

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